biological clock

英 [ˌbaɪəˌlɒdʒɪkl ˈklɒk]

美 [ˌbaɪəˌlɑːdʒɪkl ˈklɑːk]

n.  生物钟; 生理钟

计算机化学

牛津词典

noun

• 生物钟；生理钟
  a natural system in living things that controls regular physical activities such as sleeping
  1. At 35, Kate's biological clock was ticking (= she was beginning to think that she would soon be too old to have children) .
     到35岁时，凯特的生物钟开始滴答作响（她开始觉得她很快就会年龄大得不宜生育了）。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 生物钟
  Yourbiological clockis your body's way of registering time. It does not rely on events such as day or night, but on factors such as your habits, your age, and chemical changes taking place in your body.
  1. For women, the 'biological clock' governs the time for having children.
     对于女性来说，“生物钟”控制着怀孕的时间。

英英释义

noun

• an innate mechanism in living organisms that controls the periodicity of many physiological functions

双语例句

• Use sunlight to set your biological clock
  把阳光当作你的生物钟
• This paper reviews the signal transduction pathways regulated by light in the biological clock.
  本文综述了光信号对高等植物生物钟的调节作用和转导途径。
• Once you learn to synchronize your body's biological clock, your body will know when to sleep and when to be alert.1.Wake at the Same Time Every Day.
  一旦你学会了如何调整身体的时钟，你的身体就知道什么时候睡觉、什么时候要清醒。
• This multitasking hormone keeps your biological clock ticking over, making sure that you are alert during the day and sleepy at night.
  而这种多任务荷尔蒙可以让你的生物钟持续运转，保持你在白天的时候清醒，晚上的时候睡觉。
• The biological clock controls the body's activities through the release of hormones based on the time of day.
  人体内的生物钟在一天中的不间释放荷尔蒙来控制身体活动。
• I do not hear a biological clock ticking, only the nerve wrecking ticks of bombs yet to explode.
  我听不见生物钟的滴答作响，只听到即将爆炸的炸弹那令人神经崩溃的走秒声。
• The human body has a biological clock, so life must be the law.
  人的身体有一个生物钟，所以生活要有规律。
• To reduce the effects of jet lag, some doctors try to manipulate the biological clock with a technique called light therapy.
  为了缓减飞行时差的影响，一些医生试图用一种叫光照疗法来操纵生物钟。
• Cohen wondered how both acute and chronic sleep loss interact with our bodies'natural circadian rhythms, the24-hour biological clock that signals when it's time to sleep and wake.
  科恩想知道这两种严重且长期的睡眠不足是如何与我们体内的自然生理节奏相互作用的&是时候睡觉或醒来时，这个24小时的生物钟就会发出信号。
• This suggests the intuition is at its strongest not just when the biological clock is ticking – but also when they are, quite literally, in the mood for love.
  这说明这种那个直觉最强的时候不仅仅是在生理时钟上的某一刹那，而当她们真正处于恋爱的情绪中时也是同样。